Chairman Mao waves his hand, we move forward

毛主席挥手我前进

Mao zhuxi huishou wo qianjin

Chairman Mao waves his hand, we move forward

Designer

Revolutionary Committee of Sichuan Art Academy (四川美术学院革命委员会供稿)

Date

ca. 1968

Publisher

Publisher unknown

Size

54x77 cm.

Call nr.

BG E15/856

Collection

Landsberger collection

Notes

The Mao quote, from 22 December 1968, reads "It is absolutely necessary for educated young people to go to the countryside to be re-educated by the poor and lower-middle peasants" (知识青年到农村去，接受贫下中农的再教育，很有必要). Other slogans read "Long live Chairman Mao" (毛主席万岁), "Learn from the poor and lower-middle peasants" (向贫下中农民学习), "Go to the countryside" (到农村去).

Theme

Up to the mountains, down to the villages (1968)

Quotations from Chairman Mao

Tags

sent-down youth

Little Red Book

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Follow the poor peasants, roll your body in mud, to temper a red heart

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Give heed to Chairman Mao's call to send our sons and daughters to the countryside so that they can be re-educated by the poor-and-lower-middle peasants!

Give heed to Chairman Mao's call to send our sons and daughters to the countryside so that they can be re-educated by the poor-and-lower-middle peasants!

We also have a pair of hands, we do not need to eat the spare food in the cities!

We also have a pair of hands, we do not need to eat the spare food in the cities!

Chairman Mao waves his hand, we move forward

Chairman Mao waves his hand, we move forward

To send educated youth to the rural villages is a project of vital and lasting importance to oppose and combat revisionism

To send educated youth to the rural villages is a project of vital and lasting importance to oppose and combat revisionism

Great leader, great example -- In 1946, the great leader Chairman Mao provided us with a glorious example: he sent his own son comrade Mao Anying, recently graduated from university, to the Yan'an countryside.

Great leader, great example -- In 1946, the great leader Chairman Mao provided us with a glorious example: he sent his own son comrade Mao Anying, recently graduated from university, to the Yan'an countryside.

Revolutionary educated youth, the poor-and-lower-middle peasants welcome you!

Revolutionary educated youth, the poor-and-lower-middle peasants welcome you!